Subject: Help Chuck Brodsky recover stolen instru
From:
open mike
Date: 13 May 04 - 05:28 PM
Chuck Brodsky needs help recovering stolen instruments
From: CBrodsky@aol.com
chuck brodsky's website
I just got home from a trip overseas to discover
that a bunch of instruments were stolen from my house
near Asheville, North Carolina, sometime between April
11th and May 6th. If anybody knows of any other
listserves, discussion groups, hotlines, or websites
where I can list the following descriptions, please
let me know.
Please help spread the word. Here's what was taken:
Larry Pogreba resonator guitar
Very dark green, with a hubcap from an early '60's
Rambler cover! ing the resonator cone. The hubcap is
cut in the shape of a butterfly. A pick-up is
installed under the cone, with a quarter inch jack
at the bottom end. There are "crude" beads where the
metal back and sides were welded together, and on the
back all of the balpine hammer marks are visible from
when the back was first shaped.
A photograph of a similar enough Pogreba to mine can
be viewed at
http://www.kummersvintage.com/images/nashhub..JPG
This is NOT the one stolen from me...there will be
slight differences between mine and the one in the
photo...but it's very close in looks. A photo of
the actual instrument that was stolen can be e-mailed
on request.
Steve Wise Long Neck Dulcimer
This is an instrument that is played like a guitar,
NOT like a lap dulcimer.
It has a thin, teardrop-shaped body (with a cut-away
on either side at the neck! ), about the size of a
mandola, f holes, a pick-up, small rectangular black
plastic battery cover on the side. The neck is long
and is fretted like a dulcimer, but with the strings
in reverse order from a lap dulcimer. It has a
ow string, a middle string, and then the high string
being doubled. This instrument was stolen in its
white "Calton" fiberglass case with a plush red
interior. The outside of the case has a name plate
with "Chuck Brodsky" engraved in it along with the
serial # 8086. There is an odd piece of plush red
padding built into the inside of the case's top to
compensate for the dulcimer's raised bridge.
A photo of this very instrument can be viewed at
http://slwise.home.texas.net/longndl.htm
Ovation "Elite" acoustic guitar
serial # 1868
Thin body, black, rounded back, many small sound
holes. A repaired 7 inch crack in the! guitar's top
will be apparent on inspection. The guitar strap
was multi-colored. There might be some corrosion
around the battery terminal & controls for the
pick-up. A photo of a similar guitar to mine can be viewed at
http://www.ovationguitars.com/?fa=detail&mid=61
However, my guitar does not have the differentcolored
wood trim at the top of the headstock.
Madiera acoustic guitar
The label inside says "Made by Guild". This guitar
has maple back and sides, and "Madiera" inlayed on the
headstock. It's a well-worn instrument, my first
guitar. There are at least 2 small screw holes in the
top of the guitar from where an old pick-up used to be
mounted. The area near the pick gaurd has been worn
down through the finish, as are areas around the edge
of the sound hole. There were cracks around the
bindings on the b! ack & sides, with one small spot
where the guitar had been dropped and the wood was
crushed in a little.
There was a thin braided dark leather strap tied to
the bottom end and to just before the nut at the
headstock. Tiny blood spatterings from long ago dot
the inside wood of the back of the guitar when you
look through the sound hole.
A photo of this guitar can be e-mailed on request.
Banjolin (brand name unknown)
Possibly has an inscription somewhere "Made in
Philadelphia." Belonged to my great uncle. This
instrument has a banjo head (not sure if it was
plastic
or skin) attached to the neck of a mandolin (4 sets of
doubled strings). The wooden tone ring is a pattern
of various colored woods, either inlaid or interlocked
(not sure). It probably dates back to the 1930's or
1940's.
Some of the metal hardware around the head might
possibly be recent replacement parts (not certain).
Ther! e is a thin shim adjusting the angle of the neck
at the point where it attaches to the banjo head.
This instrument was stolen without its original case.
Thanks for taking time to read this -
Chuck Brodsky
Thanks for all of the kind e-mails, everybody, and for
all the crosspostings to other lists on my behalf.
One thing I forgot to mention is that the
Ovation "Elite" (serial # 1868) was "high strung."
www.chuckbrodsky.com
Asheville, NC
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